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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5312 

To require agencies to create consistent organizational hierarchies, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 13, 2024 

Mr. PETERS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To require agencies to create consistent organizational 

hierarchies, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Organizing and Reveal5 ing the Government’s Construction, Hierarchies, Appoint6 ments, Responsibilities, and Tasks Act’’ or the ‘‘ORG 

7 CHART Act’’. 

8 SEC. 2. AGENCY ORGANIZATION HIERARCHIES. 

9 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’— 


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1 (A) has the meaning given the term in sec2 tion 3330f(a) of title 5, United States Code; 

3 and 

4 (B) does not include the Government Ac5 countability Office. 

6 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

7 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg8 et. 

9 (b) ORGANIZATION HIERARCHY TRANSPARENCY

10 GUIDANCE.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

12 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director, in 

13 consultation with the Director of the Office of Per14 sonnel Management and the Administrator of Gen15 eral Services, shall issue guidance that requires the 

16 head of each agency to create, maintain, and peri17 odically update an organizational hierarchy for the 

18 agency that includes— 

19 (A) a diagram and list that documents the 

20 hierarchical relationships between offices and 

21 functions within the agency and each compo22 nent of the agency led by— 

23 (i) an individual occupying a policy 

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1 tion 3330f(a) of title 5, United States 

2 Code); and 

3 (ii) any other relevant official, as de4 termined by the Director; 

5 (B) the name and title of each official who 

6 leads the agency or a component of the agency; 

7 (C) whether any position to which subpara8 graph (B) applies is vacant; 

9 (D) whether any official described in sub10 paragraph (B) is serving in an acting capacity; 

11 (E) with respect to each official described 

12 in subparagraph (B), a hyperlink to the rel13 evant information for that official on the 

14 website established and maintained under sec15 tion 3330f(b) of title 5, United States Code, if 

16 applicable; and 

17 (F) a unique organizational code that iden18 tifies each listed office and function. 

19 (2) PUBLIC POSTING OF HIERARCHIES.—The 

20 head of each agency shall include the up-to-date or21 ganizational hierarchy of the agency created pursu22 ant to the guidance issued under paragraph (1) and 

23 the date on which that hierarchy was most recently 

24 verified as accurate— 


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1 (A) with respect to an agency required to 

2 submit budget justification materials described 

3 in section 105 of title 31, United States Code, 

4 as a part of those budget justification mate5 rials; and 

6 (B) on the website of the agency. 

7 (3) CONSISTENCY.—To the maximum extent 

8 practicable, publicly available human capital data 

9 produced by each agency shall have the same hier10 archical structure and be consistent with— 

11 (A) the organizational hierarchy of the 

12 agency created pursuant to the guidance issued 

13 under paragraph (1); and 

14 (B) other datasets identified by the Direc15 tor, in consultation with the Director of the Of16 fice of Personnel Management, in the guidance 

17 issued under paragraph (1). 

18 (c) GAO REVIEW AND REPORT.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

20 the issuance of guidance under subsection (b)(1), the 

21 Comptroller General of the United States shall sub22 mit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

23 Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com24 mittee on Oversight and Accountability of the House 


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1 of Representatives an evaluation of the implementa2 tion of this Act. 

3 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 

4 subparagraph (A) shall include an evaluation of— 

5 (A) the quality of the information required 

6 to be posted under this Act and whether the in7 formation is complete, accurate, timely, and re8 liable; 

9 (B) the consistency between datasets de10 scribed in subsection (b)(3)(B) and the organi11 zational hierarchies created by agencies pursu12 ant to the guidance issued under subsection 

13 (b)(1); 

14 (C) any challenges experienced by agencies 

15 in implementing this Act; and 

16 (D) any suggestions or modifications to 

17 this Act or section 3330f of title 5, United 

18 States Code, to enhance the information pro19 vided by agencies pursuant to this Act, includ20 ing best practices for agencies to follow. 

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